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Introduction to Wastewater Management. Protecting Drinking Water through Strategic Wastewater Planning. Section I Introduction. Wastewater Segment Objectives. Understand why and how to identify potential threats to source water from wastewater, especially onsite septic systems
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Protecting Drinking Water through Strategic Wastewater Planning Section I Introduction
Wastewater Segment Objectives • Understand why and how to identify potential threats to source water from wastewater, especially onsite septic systems • Understand the mechanics of wastewater treatment and how septic systems can threaten ground and surface water supplies • Gain familiarity with a range of technical and management options for addressing threats from wastewater contamination • Gain familiarity with local and technical resources, including RCAP
Wastewater Segment Objectives • Understand the major categories of project planning activities • Appreciate the importance of viewing water supply protection and water resource management from a watershed, regional or multijurisdictional perspective • Understand the importance of recording data in a retrievable, useable and shareable format • Gain familiarity with techniques for identifying and attracting stakeholders to the planning process, re: application of social marketing
Wastewater Segment Overview • Introduction • Protecting Drinking Water from Wastewater Contamination • Introduction to Wastewater Treatment • Onsite Wastewater Treatment Overview • Advanced Treatment • Problem Characterization / Moving to Action • Maintenance and Management • Exercises
Additional Tools • Sample Residential Wastewater Surveys • Sample Wastewater Survey Report Spreadsheet • EPA FRD-10 Onsite Systems PP • Onsite Regulations Matrix • Primacy Agency Spreadsheet • CCE Homeowner Recordkeeping Guide • RCAP Solutions Articles
Training Tips • Know your audience • Ice breakers • Use a scribe • Use pictures and diagrams • Don’t get too busy with slides • Verbally present material slightly differently than is shown on slide • Ask questions of the audience often • Use multiple examples and interactive exercises to make it “real” • Don’t use big words or acronyms without defining
Training Tips • More about the audience • Presentations are guidance • Pick and choose • Make it locally relevant • Add local and other case studies
More about the audience • Septic Professionals • Licensed Operators • Elected Officials • Homeowners Associations • Homeowners and Landowners • Special Interest and Civic Groups • Watershed Groups • Non-Community Water Systems
Acknowledgements • Anish Jantrania, VA Dept. of Health • Consortium of Institutes for Decentralized Wastewater Treatment (CIDWT) • NESC • NY Onsite Wastewater Treatment Training Network (OTN) • RCAP Solutions • Skaneateles Lake Onsite Demonstration Project • US EPA